You've caught me in a serious fangirl moment. I went out yesterday and ended up tracking down Osaka's Den Den Town. Turns out I'd headed in the wrong direction on Sunday, and that's why I never found it... Anyway, I found it this time around and I got myself an early birthday present - a JPS2!
I've been seriously wanting a PS2 since IAP, but I put a lot of thought into whether I wanted to get a new PS2 and mod it, or what, since my main interest lies in rhythm games, and those are Japanese imports, for the most part. Pretty much, by the time I'd decided that I was going to go through with it, term was winding down, and I couldn't justify having something like that getting in the way of finals and my senior project and all that stuff. Because I just take that long to decide on things. D: And then, once the school year ended, I was kept too busy with my job and vacation to get one. Plus, Japan was coming up.
So then I figured I'd get myself a JPS2 if my apartment came with a TV. And hey, guess what, it does, so I went shopping. I ended up getting a FFXII/PS2 bundle pack from a used game shop for around the price of a standard black PS2 (about $175 or so - Japan is expensive D:). I figured a free game wouldn't hurt, even though I'd rather play/finish FFX. The PS2 itself is beautiful, looks and works brand new, has a goofy FFXII-related logo thing on it, and is amazingly tiny and light. I love it. I also got the game Okami (can mean Wolf, but is spelled like Big God), which is a 'nature adventure' featuring a wolf god that has to destroy a snake-demon by healing the earth. This is accomplished by using a paintbrush that does different things like putting flowers on trees and slashing at enemies. It's less goofy than it sounds. D: The artwork is beautiful - everything looks like an asian brush painting - and the gameplay is very entertaining, even though I'm still in the tutorial. Luckily, all of the text comes with furigana, so I'm usually able to understand between 50-80% of what's being said, although sometimes it gets harder and I'll only understand about 20% or so. I'm loving it so far though, especially the rumble feature, which is something I've never experienced before. I don't think FFX had anything like that... And well, I've yet to check out FFXII, so who knows what that'll be like. I seriously love the soundtrack too - it's so beautifully asian.
Anyway, I think that playing Japanese games will be a good way of working on my Japanese comprehension. Plus, I'll eventually get my hands on some Pop'n Music or Beatmania, and it'll be good times... Although the experience will be better when I get back home to my controller. :3
Erm, well, work is fun too, but why talk about work when I can be all 'OMG video gamezzzzz'? I'm such a nerd. XD
- Rindi
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